Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-10-15
A MENDING BUREAU.
WHERE THE TATTERED AND TORN
MAY LIE UP FOR REPAIRS.
An Institution started for the Poor
.Man's Beneat-reace and Joy for .
Nickel-Buttens Sswed on. While You
Wait.

You will readily guess what a mendins
bureau is. IL III place where the tat
tered and torn iuay lay up for repairs
where the elusive button may be fastened
in its socket - tight that it STAYS there
for the rest Of his natural life where h,
that hath torn lining TO his over
coat MAY have new lining put in il
place or the old one brought to prope,
frame Of mind, where q rip in the Goa,
sleeve may lie dcctored in genuinely scien
tific style, where the right sort of treat
ment is administered to all sorts and con
ditions Of dilapids;ed garments
A reporter stood in front Of big lew.
elry store, wondering if there really were
great reductions in watches and dia.
mcnds,' when he encountered an ac-
Quain,ance of erstwhile seedy but present
dappcr appearance.
I've just been TO the mending bureau ~
said this worthy. .'and feel like a new
man. The lining of my coat had slipped
Its moorings, and every time put on the
coat i swore new and attractive oaths.
There was fringe on my trouser legs. My
cuffs We're pinned on. My pants were
supported only by q shoe string and n
piece Of clothes line. Suspender buttons
i bad none. There were only two buttons
on my vest and I kept ii on with a bent
hairpin. II I had sneezed hard should
have stood painless and forlorn before n
gaping. JibinG world.
OFFICIATING GOOD ANGELS
while in this sorry plight found this
morning circular of the mending bureau.
Ii was sent to me by some special dispen-
sstion of a pityinG providence. | went TO
the mendinG bureau and stayed twenty
nia,or, ~ -. "a '. - ms In.
,f,ic;.t;rc, or,-n,s a., IN % ~ -.
bpt INV coo. Tn,pr ;s IN s,a,a -, ,rsao
Non that dus mo yr;,b ,J,,ir,,i,, Ntr
cnffs are now n-o,crIy a,,acbad =, ~,
button. Nv yast d;snI,rs a ,,r,,sj,,> -.
~ hutfors rron ;,s facasa an, -,
home where 7 sbaIi 90 - hoa ard go s
hov 5,wn 20 ,ha ,,ou,,;,, 80, CIV 80 - a
,hose art;c,ss 81 .nnaraI -, o,i;.t VIZ.
wbjch c.nnn. woII ha - =, ,,,, - VI
ence ana 90 soyir, tha ,,,ars.a f p,
h,nnv ma, r,n;sbo5 "A'
n. r.r,-,.r fa,, h;s ..,
all oy.r h,,, ,,;Ia, % sDS -. -. ~
m. mend;,, hrr..,, =, .xr.a,;,,,,,, -,
Eino,I, b., h.,,hn,,I,L, - ,h,, - -
h,, on, h,,,,o, -, ,hl -, 80 - -
Au,.r, 600, wb.. a, 80, -. -.
two hpttons on the h.ct =, a co., fo-
,nvbow, Tn. ,bssnco ~ ,n. 81 81. 5,,,
81 hr,,o,s IA o.,,.a,; ,h. .',,D-, -.
.rnoy,pc. for several wears T, d.,-a.,,J
fr,,, Nh. syrmstrv ~ b;s 60. -
caused him to walk Ion sidej Relic,
was at hand. The reporter sough. the
mending bureau. As vet it consists of q
eingle good sized room, light and airy,
and containing sewing machines, work
tables and chairs Two or three middle
aged ladies and three or four youny ladie.
were seated about the room, busiIy plyins
the needle One was threading a needle,
and she performed that intricate opera
tion so quickly and neatly that il made
the reporter envious a. he recalled past
struggles Of his own. A tall Young lady
with an amused EXPRESSION in her elo1;,ent
dark eyes asked the blushinc reporter
N-''qt he wished TO have mended He re-
s,.ined an inclination to saw that his
heart had suffered a compound fracture
and coyly explained that another button
on his coat tails was the essential to his
happiness. The Young lady smiled and
asked the reporter TO remove his coat
Being an unmarried man, unused to
feminine soriety, he blushed like a red.
red rose; then. remembering with glad
ness that he had nut on his pink striped
shirt in the morning he took courage,
took off his coat and accepted proffered
chair The other ladies' kept on sewing
and paid no attention to the customer.
THE CONVENIENT BrREAr.
Tbc,a vera two o.bar cuS,o,ars in tho
.roop ho,b ripps co.,s On. w.s box-;rc
. hu,,op sayvnd on bis sbi-, crfF and tho
other had his coat n, for rcn,;rs Tba
ladies snyvea r.nidIv and tho rbraa con-
,ractS ,r.r., snop cor,n,s,.l T,h, "a
,,or,ar vos ,ss;s,,d in,n b;s co,, h,- ,b,
,.u d,rt .raa you,,, I,5r Tbis o,on.
,v.s wortb tho nrics of adn,;ss;o, and
ssv. cen,s was all thot u,s CHARGED for
,he replacipo Of the hutton for which tho
sssurapca was c;ven that II wopId stay ne
low, a. III. Goa, were WON
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cares Of housekeeping will also find The